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# established

«established» in Mova's school dictionary: **Set up and existing for a long time, so accepted and trusted** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective; also past form of the verb establish (establish, establishes, established, establishing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Set up and existing for a long time, so accepted and trusted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/established/#m1)

2) (past form) Started or created something such as a school, business or rule. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/established/#m2)

3) (past form) Proved or showed that something is true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/established/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in history and social studies: "the town was established by settlers". In science, an established fact is one that has been proved. In everyday life an established shop has been there for years. Phrases: well established, established fact, established that.

### examples

- The school was established a very long time ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/established/#x1)
- It is an established fact that the Earth goes round the Sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/established/#x2)
- They established a new club for chess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/established/#x3)
- The police established that the man was at home all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/established/#x4)
- She is an established writer with many books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/established/#x5)
- The rules of the game are well established. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/established/#x6)
- Plants need time to become established in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/established/#x7)
- The legend is now firmly established at Bedd Gellert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/established/#x8)

### note

"Established" is the -ed form of "establish". The noun is "establishment" (a business, or "the Establishment" = powerful people). Very formal in exam questions; it does not affect numbers.

### In the corpora

- [The Church of England is the established church of England and part of the worldwide Anglican Communion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/15/)
- [Wherefore they that speak in parables say: Come ye to Heshbon! let the city of Sihon be built and established!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.783/)
- [And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.93/)
- [For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.608/)
- [And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee; thy throne shall be established for ever.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.194/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «established» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/established/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.